Hinge



UNITED STATES PATENT Grates,

BENJAMIN S. ATWOOD, OF SOUTH ABINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

HINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,28L dated August30, 1881.

Application filed July 8, 12581. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BENJAMIN S. ATwooD, ofSouth Abingtou, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hinges, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates more especially to that class of hinges which areused on boxes and cases, and is an improvement upon the hinge describedin my application for Letters Patent filed May-15, 1880.

In the drawings, I have shown, in Figure l, a plan of my improved hingeattached to the side ofa box and open, and in Fig. 2, a sectional viewof the same on line at y.

A represents the side ofa box with the hinge attached. D is the cover ofthe same.

0 is a piece of wire, bent in the form shown in Fig.3,open atitsends,and sprung by means of these open ends into a knuckle, d, on thepart (I. The part d is made of a thin piece of metal, bent so as to formthe knuckle (1 for the reception of the bent ends of the part 0, whichare sprung into it. The part (1 is also so bent as to clasp the cover B,to which it is to be attached by rivets or screws, as shown in thedrawings. The part 0 passes through the slit 6 of the metallic plate 6,a perspective View of which is shown in Fig. 4. This plate is bent atright angles at one end, and the slit 0 therein is placed just above theinside surface of the side of the box to which it is attached. to whichit is attached by means of the screws or rivetsff. The part c is alsofastened to the side of the box A to which the hinge is to be attachedby means of the staple g.

The hinge described, embodying my invention, possesses great strength,and is much stronger than any hinge now in use of the same weight.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Let-- ters Patent, is

The combination, in a hinge for a box or case, of the plate d, providedwith the knuckle d, the plate 0, having the slot 6 therein, and the bentwire a.

BENJAMIN S. ATVVOOD.

Witnesses:

CHAS. H. DREW, THos. F. PENDERGASS,

It is fastened to the side of the box

